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2026 Softball Roster

Atlantic 10

53 Izzy Kemp

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Westfield, Ind.
  • High School St. Theodore Guerin Catholic

Biography

2025 (Junior)
• Member of Student-Athlete Activity Committee

2024 (Sophomore)
• Made 16 starts over 30 appearances and worked 113.1 innings
• Was first on the team with a 1.79 ERA (40th NCAA, 1st A-10), 134 strikeouts (2nd A-10), eight complete games and four saves
• Led the A-10 with a .174 opposing batting average
• Finished the season ranked in NCAA DI: 13th with 4.32 hits allowed/seven innings, 24th with 8.3 strikeouts/seven innings and 39th with a 4.19 strikeout-to-walk ratio
• Three-time Pitcher of the Week: Feb. 13, March 19, April 29
• Recorded a season-high 11 strikeouts against Mercer on Feb. 10
• Named to the A-10 All-Conference Second Team
• Named to the A-10 All-Championship Team
• Named to the 2023-24 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2023 (Freshman)
• Made 23 starts over 36 appearances as Dayton's No. 1 pitcher
• Led the team with a 1.72 ERA, which ranked second in the A-10 and among the top 50 nationally
• Tallied 198 strikeouts (28th NCAA), 13 complete games and six saves (11th NCAA) over 154.1 innings of work
• Ranked first in the conference with a .172 opposing batting average
• Posted 9.0 strikeouts per seven innings, which ranked 23rd in all of Division I
• Three time A-10 Rookie of the Week: Feb. 14, March 27, April 3
• Named to the NFCA DI Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team
• Named to the A-10 Championship All-Tournament Team
• Named the A-10 Rookie of the Year
• Named to the A-10 Second Team and All-Rookie Team
• Named a 2022-23 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2022-23 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

Prior to Dayton 
• Four time varsity letter winner at St. Theodore Guerin Catholic High School under head coach Erika Silence Weber
• The Golden Eagles were class 3A state runners-up in 2021
• Named to the All-Hamilton County First Team, All-Circle City Conference First Team, All-State First Team (2022) and All-State Second Team (2021)
• Honored as the 2021 and 2022 Hamilton County Reporter Player of the Year
• Named to the 2022 Indy Star Super Team
• Carried a career 0.73 ERA with 26 wins, tallied 603 career strikeouts and collected a career-high 28 strikeouts (15 inn.) in one game
• Was named to the High Academic Honor Roll all four years of high school
• Most recently played travel ball with Jim Huecker's Louisville Lady Sluggers 18u team
• Selected to the 2022 Alliance Nationals All-Tournament Team after helping lead her squad to a third-place finish

Personal
• Parents: Theresa and Audie Kemp
• Sibling: Lucy Kemp
• Major: mechanical engineering
• Minor: biomedical engineering

Career Highs
Innings Pitched: 8.0, at Northern Kentucky, 3-21-23
Strikeouts: 12, at Northern Kentucky, 3-21-23; at Georgia St. 02-21-25
Field Chances: 3, vs UIC, 3-12-23
Putouts: 1, Six Times
Assists: 3, vs UIC, 3-12-23; at Rhode Island 03-22-25
Runners CS: 1, 12 Times

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 53

    2023Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    53
  • 53

    2024Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    53
  • 53

    2025Junior

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    53
  • 53

    2026Senior

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    53